Precision tree surgery
Published 12:00 am Friday, January 18, 2019
A crew of a dozen men working for George Stirewalt Landscaping used chainsaws, pulleys, and a 120-foot cherry picker to remove a massive tree at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on West Council Street. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST Corry Funderburke uses a chainsaw to free a large limb on the tree. Nearly a dozen men working for George Stirewalt Landscaping using chainsaws, pulleys, ropes a 120 foot tall cherry picker and a large chipper has greatly reduced the massive willow oak from the front lawn of the St Luke's Episcopal Church on West Council Street in Salisbury. With most of the limbs nearly gone the next step will be removing the trunk that is said to measure 9 feet in diameter. Salisbury, North Carolina 1/16/19
JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST Nearly a dozen men working for George Stirewalt Landscaping using chainsaws, pulleys, ropes a 120 foot tall cherry picker and a large chipper has greatly reduced the massive willow oak from the front lawn of the St Luke's Episcopal Church on West Council Street in Salisbury. With most of the limbs nearly gone the next step will be removing the trunk that is said to measure 9 feet in diameter. Salisbury, North Carolina 1/16/19
JON C. LAKEY / SALISBURY POST Nearly a dozen men working for George Stirewalt Landscaping using chainsaws, pulleys, ropes a 120 foot tall cherry picker and a large chipper has greatly reduced the massive willow oak from the front lawn of the St Luke's Episcopal Church on West Council Street in Salisbury. With most of the limbs nearly gone the next step will be removing the trunk that is said to measure 9 feet in diameter. Salisbury, North Carolina 1/16/19
Nearly a dozen men working for George Stirewalt Landscaping used chain saws, pulleys,
ropes, a 120-foot-tall cherry picker and a large chipper to take down a massive willow oak this week in front of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on West Council Street. With most of the limbs nearly gone by Wednesday, the next step was to remove the trunk that is said to measure 9 feet in diameter.
JON C. LAKEY/SALISBURY POST
